DFS Furniture PLC Transaction in Own Shares (7453W)

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RNS Number : 7453W

DFS Furniture PLC

12 December 2019

12 December 2019

For immediate release

DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" and the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

DFS Furniture plc (the "Company") announces that on 12 December 2019 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 150 pence each pursuant to its 400,000 share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 10 December 2019.

Description of shares: DFS Furniture plc - ordinary shares of 150 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 13,571 shares

Date of transaction: 12 December 2019

Average price paid per share: 242.30 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 238.50 pence

Highest price paid per share: 244.50 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 212,461,646 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 568,955 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 212,461,646 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below:

 
 Transaction date    Transaction time   Volume   Price (GBp) 
    12/12/2019           10:24:11        100         244 
    12/12/2019           11:24:30        125         244 
    12/12/2019           11:24:30        125         244 
    12/12/2019           11:24:30        145         244 
    12/12/2019           13:01:14         69        243.5 
    12/12/2019           13:38:27         4         244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:38:27        101        244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51        207        244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51         8         244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51        352        244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51        523        244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51        206        244.5 
    12/12/2019           13:54:51        274        244.5 
    12/12/2019           14:28:23        561        243.5 
    12/12/2019           15:16:24        569         243 
    12/12/2019           15:16:24        597         243 
    12/12/2019           15:33:21        511        242.5 
    12/12/2019           15:44:27        527        240.5 
    12/12/2019           15:44:27        554        240.5 
    12/12/2019           15:46:59        516        238.5 
    12/12/2019           16:06:36        992         242 
    12/12/2019           16:18:35        1238        242 
    12/12/2019           16:18:35        238         242 
    12/12/2019           16:18:38        1133        242 
    12/12/2019           16:25:19        568         242 
    12/12/2019           16:25:19        568         242 
    12/12/2019           16:25:19        1397        242 
    12/12/2019           16:26:12        361         242 
    12/12/2019           16:28:56        468         242 
    12/12/2019           16:28:56        531         242 
    12/12/2019           16:29:31         1         242.5 
    12/12/2019           16:29:51         2         242.5 
 

For further information, please contact:

 
 DFS (enquiries via Tulchan)             TULCHAN 
 Liz McDonald (Company Secretary)        James Macey-White 
  Phil Hutchinson (Investor Relations)    Jessica Reid 
  [e-mail]            Amber Ahluwalia 
                                          [e-mail] 
 
 

About DFS Furniture plc

DFS is the clear market leading retailer of living room furniture in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture, sell and deliver to our customers an extensive range of furniture products. The business operates a retail network of living room furniture stores in the United Kingdom and Europe, together with an online channel. These have been established and developed gradually over 50 years of operating history. We attract customers to our stores and website through our substantial and continued investment in nationwide marketing activities and our reputation for high quality products and service, breadth of product ranges and price points and favourable consumer financing options.

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